Latest expert articles
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Implementing guidelinesTailor treatment of type 2 diabetes to improve cardiovascular outcomes
Karen Bartha discusses the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists position statement on the use of newer antidiabetic drugs in patients with cardiovascular disease
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Implementing guidelines
GINA asthma strategy: what’s new for 2021?
Dr Mark L Levy highlights updated recommendations on asthma management from the 2021 Global Initiative for Asthma report
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Hot topic
The new NHS model: implications for primary care
Dr Karen Kirkham explains how primary care networks will work within integrated care systems to deliver place-based care in a restructured NHS
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Top tips
Top tips: identifying and managing constipation
Professor Anton Emmanuel offers six top tips on managing constipation in primary care
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Key learning points
Key learning points: updated GMC prescribing guidance
Dr Toni Hazell identifies five key learning points from the updated GMC guidance Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices
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Hot topic
Managing COVID-19-related mental ill health in primary care
Dr Emma Nash discusses the challenges of assessing and addressing poor mental health in the context of COVID-19
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Implementing guidelines
Manage diabetes and comorbidities with a joined-up strategy
Dr Umesh Dashora and colleagues from the CaReMeUK Partnership outline guidance on how to manage type 2 diabetes with cardiovascular and renal disease
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Key learning points
Key learning points: managing bronchiectasis in adults
Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones identifies six key learning points for primary care from the British Thoracic Society guideline on bronchiectasis
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Top tips
Top tips: inflammatory bowel disease
Dr Kevin Barrett offers 10 practical tips on the role of primary care in diagnosing and managing inflammatory bowel disease
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Hot topic
Understanding and overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Dr Claire Davies explores reasons underlying, and methods of addressing, reluctance to receive COVID-19 vaccination
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Differential diagnoses
Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Toni Hazell presents two case studies that explore common causes and primary care management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men
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Implementing guidelines
Bites and stings: when to prescribe an antibiotic
Dr Caroline Ward summarises recommendations from two NICE antimicrobial prescribing guidelines for insect bites and stings, and human and animal bites
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Implementing guidelines
Key learning points: NICE COVID-19—long-term effects
Dr Claire Davies distils the NICE guideline on managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 into six key learning points for primary care
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Top tips
Top tips: identifying domestic abuse
Dr Vasumathy Sivarajasingam offers 10 top tips on the role of the GP in identifying and supporting patients experiencing domestic abuse
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Implementing guidelines
Obesity management requires a holistic, health-centred approach
Dr Rachel Pryke presents a summary of consensus guidance that aims to help practitioners in primary care to support patients living with obesity with weight management
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Implementing guidelines
Bacterial UTI in adult women: what does SIGN recommend?
Dr Gail Haddock unpicks Scottish guidance on the management of suspected bacterial lower urinary tract infection in non-pregnant adult women
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Implementing guidelines
GOLD COPD strategy: what’s new for 2021?
Professor David Halpin describes the key updates in the 2021 GOLD COPD report and highlights new recommendations about patients with COPD and COVID-19
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Top tips
Top tips: cow’s milk protein allergy
Dr Toni Hazell shares 10 top tips on the primary care diagnosis and management of cow’s milk protein allergy in children
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Top tips
Top tips: nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Dr Samantha Robinson explores how primary care clinicians can advocate for and treat women experiencing nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
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Implementing guidelines
Diabetes in chronic kidney disease requires practical, evidence-based care
Dr Pam Brown and Dr Colin Kenny discuss recommendations from a new international guideline on diabetes management in patients with chronic kidney disease
